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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.[a]

5 Fools fold their hands
    and consume their own flesh.
6 Better is a handful with quiet
    than two handfuls with toil,
    and a chasing after wind.[b]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
  2. Ecclesiastes 4:6 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1
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Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
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4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

5 Fools fold their hands(B)
    and ruin themselves.
6 Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil(C)
    and chasing after the wind.

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